The FIBA Africa Championship 1970, was the fifth FIBA Africa Championship regional basketball championship held by FIBA Africa, which also served as Africa qualifier for the 1970 FIBA World Championship, granting one berth to the champion. It was held in Egypt between 9 March and 15 March 1970. Seven national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Africa, the sport's regional governing body. The city of Alexandria hosted the tournament. Egypt won their third title after defeating Senegal in the final.
| 4th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Egypt |
| Dates | 9–15 March |
| Teams | 7 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Egypt (3rd title) |
← 1968 1972 → | |
| Advanced to the semi-finals |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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 Egypt
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3 | 3 | 0 | 306 | 178 | +128 | 6 |
 Central African Republic
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3 | 2 | 1 | 283 | 194 | +89 | 5 |
 Palestine
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3 | 1 | 2 | 216 | 281 | −65 | 4 |
 Somalia
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3 | 0 | 3 | 163 | 315 | −152 | 3 |
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| Egypt |
112–53 | Palestine |
| Scoring by half: 54–24, 58–29 | ||
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| Somalia |
45–107 | Central African Republic |
| Scoring by half: 22–63, 23–44 | ||
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| Somalia |
71–104 | Palestine |
| Scoring by half: 32–55, 39–49 | ||
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| Egypt |
90–78 | Central African Republic |
| Scoring by half: 42–42, 48–36 | ||
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| Somalia |
47–104 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 18–46, 29–58 | ||
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| Palestine |
59–98 | Central African Republic |
| Scoring by half: 31–46, 28–52 | ||
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| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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 Senegal
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2 | 2 | 0 | 107 | 83 | +24 | 4 |
 Tunisia
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2 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 85 | +34 | 3 |
 Libya
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2 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 143 | −58 | 2 |
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| Senegal |
44–39 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by half: 19–18, 25–21 | ||
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| Libya |
41–80 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by half: 20–48, 21–32 | ||
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| Libya |
44–63 | Senegal |
| Scoring by half: 22–32, 22–31 | ||
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| Semi-finals | Final | ||||
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| March 14 | |||||
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| Egypt | 79 | ||||
| March 15 | |||||
| Tunisia | 76 | ||||
| Egypt | 70 | ||||
| March 14 | |||||
| Senegal | 63 | ||||
| Senegal | 66 | ||||
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| Central African Republic | 57 | ||||
| Third place | |||||
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| March 15 | |||||
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| Tunisia | 73 | ||||
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| Central African Republic | 56 | ||||
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| Central African Republic |
57–66 | Senegal |
| Scoring by half: 24–37, 33–29 | ||
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| Egypt |
79–76 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by half: 39–40, 40–36 | ||
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| Central African Republic |
56–73 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by half: 26–30, 30–43 | ||
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| Egypt |
70–63 | Senegal |
| Scoring by half: 35–29, 35–34 | ||
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| Palestine |
55–78 | Libya |
| Scoring by half: 31–30, 24–48 | ||
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| Qualified for the 1970 FIBA World Championship |
| Rank | Team | Record |
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Egypt
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5–0 |
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Senegal
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3–1 |
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Tunisia
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2–2 |
| 4 | Central African Republic
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2–3 |
| 5 | Libya
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1–2 |
| 6 | Palestine
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1–3 |
| 7 | Somalia
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0–3 |